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Location: Kansas | I saw a link for a drink that called for a drop of lavender essential oils. Save to take internally? I want to try this drink, but afraid of using the oil lol. |
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| I would research the drink to find out if the lavender oil is therapeutic grade. I have taken essential therapeutic grade oils in my water before. I would rather buy the lavender essential oil from a reputable company and add it to my water that way I know what I am ingesting. Also you can google it.  |
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Location: London Ontario | I tried it once...almost puked.....I recommend just diffusing it or putting a little on your temples |
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Location: Bandera, TX | GLP - 2015-11-12 8:34 AM I would research the drink to find out if the lavender oil is therapeutic grade. I have taken essential therapeutic grade oils in my water before. I would rather buy the lavender essential oil from a reputable company and add it to my water that way I know what I am ingesting. Also you can google it.
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you can also try rubbing it on the bottom of your feet. |
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| Yes! Try rubbing it on your feet, just about my favorite way to use oils and very effective. I like that better than putting a drop in my water. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Sent you a pm Hoofs! |
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| I have a Sensy and use it at night, puts my Siamense cat to sleep which he needs as he gets pretty wound up when I get home. LOL |
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Location: Kansas | GLP - 2015-11-12 8:47 AM Yes! Try rubbing it on your feet, just about my favorite way to use oils and very effective. I like that better than putting a drop in my water.
stupid question.....what does it do when you rub it on the bottom of your feet? |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I've never drank it, but if I put it in a diffuser, I will be asleep in about 3 seconds. |
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Location: Kansas | Three 4 Luck - 2015-11-12 9:06 AM I've never drank it, but if I put it in a diffuser, I will be asleep in about 3 seconds.
so lavender does help with stress etc.? |
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Location: Bandera, TX | Be careful as not all Lavender is GRAS (Generally recognized as safe for internal consumption.) Lavandula officinalis Chaix is GRAS, its best in a capsule. Use with caution if you have low BP as it will lower BP. Mix with chamomile and sleep/relax for a while. 3 drops is 60mg and that's the latest recommendation from the last study that I read. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-11-12 10:10 AM Three 4 Luck - 2015-11-12 9:06 AM I've never drank it, but if I put it in a diffuser, I will be asleep in about 3 seconds. so lavender does help with stress etc.?
Lavender is very relaxing! So it can help ease the feeling is stress and anxiety. Believe it or not, there are a lot of nerves and things in your feet that trigger and are connected to the rest of the body. When applying to the feet, it helps those areas as well |
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Location: Phoenix | They also make lavender lotion.....that stuff will know you out at night. Oh and they have pillow sprays in that scent as well. I have a diffuser and love it. |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2015-11-12 9:04 AM
GLP - 2015-11-12 8:47 AM Yes! Try rubbing it on your feet, just about my favorite way to use oils and very effective. I like that better than putting a drop in my water.
stupid question.....what does it do when you rub it on the bottom of your feet?
thin skin = quick absorption into the body. I believe this is where they say to rub vicks for babies and young children too .... |
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| So the same lavender oil you use in your diffuser you can use on the bottom of your feet? |
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Location: North Dakota | My daughter uses it on her and her horse on competition days-sometimes just a whiff or two of the bottle sometimes on the skin depending on how jacked up they both are feeling. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | Sandok - 2015-11-12 10:06 AM So the same lavender oil you use in your diffuser you can use on the bottom of your feet?
Therapuetic grade, yes. |
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| Probably not the same thing and more expensive but Bath and Body Works has a stress relief line and sleep line that have these oils in it like lavender, etc! |
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Location: Bandera, TX | uno-dos-tres! - 2015-11-12 12:51 PM Sandok - 2015-11-12 10:06 AM So the same lavender oil you use in your diffuser you can use on the bottom of your feet? Therapuetic grade, yes.
I want to add something, if your putting oils into a diffuser please make sure they to are the best quality you can get. The lungs are a huge tree of vascular access and thus a direct line to your circulatory system. When I have students that can't get an IV line we have them give drugs via the lungs in prehospital medicine. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | I don't drink it but I have rubbed a dot of oil on my forehead and behind each ear to relax and helps me go to sleep. |
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